Milk-can closure.



H. G. PHIPPS.

MILK CAN CLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED b01227, 1913. 4 Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

IT D TAnsPM- HENRY c. rHIPrs, or FREMONT, NEBRASLKA. l

- MILK-CAN CLOSURE.

, 1,113,479, fi e rat m.. PatentedO'ct.'13,.1914.'- Application'filedctober27, 1913. Seria1No.797,451. Y

To'aZZ whom it mrig oonccm:

Be it known that I HENRY- C. PHIPPS. a 7 1 citizen of the United States,residing at "Fremont, in the county of Dodge and State of Nebraska, haveinvented certain new and.

useful Improvements in Milk-Can Closures, of which the followiiig is aspecification. This invention relates to an' improved milk can closureand the principal objectof the invention is-to provide a closure whichmay be held in. a locked position, the lock being so constructed thatthe closure cannot.

be removed from the'can without the sealing wire being broken.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved means forholding the locking bolts in an extended position.

Another object ofthe invention is to provide a locking device which canbe easily connectedwith standard-cans thus permitting the lock to beconnected with cans already in use. e u

Another object of the invention is to provide a lock which will'besimple in construction and thus cheap to manufacture. This invention isillustrated in the accompanyingdrawings wherein Figure l is a top planview of a cap 'closure provided with the improved locking means; Fig. 2is a vertical sectional view through the upper portion of a milk canwith the closure locked in place; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken alongthe line 83 of Fig. 1..

The milk can 10 is provided with a neck 11 having a flared mouth 12.This can is similar in construction to cans nowon the market and it willthus be seen that it will not be necessary-to provide an especiallyconstructed can when using this invention. The closure for the canisalso of the general type now'in use and comprises the'bottom 13 fr0n1which there extends the walls 14: which are flared as shown at. 15 andhave their outer edge portions 16 carried across the upper edge of theflared'mouth 12. The

' locking device has been shown. inconnection with a milkcan of thisspecific type but it is obvious-that the locking device could beconnected With cans having modified construction and that it could beused in con? nectio'nwvith cans for holding other sub- =1 stance exceptmilk}, 'The principal use, hoW- ever,' t0 which it will be put is inconnection with iniJ-k cans so that the cans may be locked, thuspreventing people from'tainpermg with themilk during shipment.

The locking device comprises a body por-' tion 17 which is formed fromastrip' of sheet metal which has its side portionsbent upwardly to formlongitudinally extending side walls and has itsend portionsbent upwardlyto form ears'19 through which rivets 20 are passed to'securely connectthe body portion with the can closure.- A tubular housing 21 is-rigidlymounted in the'body portion and extends longitudinally thereof with itsend terminatingadjacent the ears in the housing 21 and areprovidedwithoperating knobs 23 which extend through slots '24: so that the bolts'maybe moved longitudican closure will be securelyheld in the neck" thuspreventing the closure from being removed. A plate 26 is hinged to oneof the side walls 18 and is of such length that when the bolts are inthe extended position, it may be moved to a lower position as shown in land 2, with its ends in close engagement with the knobs 23 thuspreventing the bolts 19. Looking bolts 22 are slidably mounted frombeingmoved out of an extended posiv tion. A sealing wire 27 is passedthrough openings 28 and 29 formed in the plate 26 and body portion 17andhas its end portions connected by alead 30. It will thus be seen thatwhen the plate 26 has been lowerechthe can closure will be securely heldin place by the bolts 22 and that. these bolts can not be moved out oftheir extended position without raising theplate 26. This platejis heldin" closed position by the leaded wire be tampered with without thisfact being shown, since the Wire must be broken before 7 the platecan-beraised.

\Vliat is claimed .is

1. A receptacle provided with aneck, a

closure fitting into the neck of said re ceptacle, and a locking devicecarried by said closure and comprising a body portion formed from astrip of sheet material having its side and having its end portions bentupwardly to form attaching ears, means for rigidly and therefore. thecontents of the can cannot portions bentnpWardlyto form side wallsconnecting saidattaching ears with said closure,a tubular housingextending longitudi nallyin said body portion and provided with slots,locking bolts slidably'mounted in said housing, operating means carriedby said bolts and passing through said slots-whereby said bolts may bemoved in saidhousing to cause their outer ends to extend, throughalined' openings formed in said closure and the heck of said receptacle,a plate hinged to 'oneofthe side walls of said body portion.

and fitting between the operating means of said-"bolts when said boltsare in an exlocking means in an extended position, and

means for sealing said plate in a closed position. j

' 3. A device of the character described. comprising a receptacle, aclosure for said receptacle and a locking device for said. closurecomprising a 'bodyportion, locking means slidably mounted in said bodyportion positioned in longitudinal alinement, operating means for movingsaid locking means to an extended position whereby the locking meanswill extend through openings formed in said closure and receptacle, andmeans carried by said body' portion and fitting between said operatingmeans to hold said locking means in an extended position.

4:. In a device of the character described comprising a receptacle, aclosure for said receptacle, locking means slidably connected with saidclosure and passing through the closure to engage the said receptaclewhen in an extended position, operating means for said locking means,and-sealing means positioned between said operating means for holdingsaid locking means in an extended position.

5; A receptacle'provided with a neck and a closure'fitting into the neckof said receptacle, and a locking device carried by said closure'andcomprising-a body portion, a tubular housingextending longitudinally ofsaidbody portion and provided with slots, locking means slidably mountedin said housing, operating means carried by said locking means andpassing through saidslots whereby said locking means may be moved insaid housing to cause their outer ends to extend through alinedvopenings formed in said closure and the neck of said receptacle, anabutment movably connected with said body portion and fitting between ithe operating means ofsaid locking means when said locking means are inan extended p0sition,'and means for rem'ovably holding said abutment inan operative position.

6. A locking device for the purpose described comprising a'body portionlocking means slidably carried by said body portion and extending beyondopposite end portions thereof when in an operative position, operatingmeans for said locking means, an abutment movably connected with saidbody portion and fitting between said locking means to releasably holdsaid locking means inan extended position, and means forreleasablyholding said abutment in anoperative position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my-signature in presence of two witnesses.r

HENRY O. PHIPPS. Witnesses:

ANN E, Swans, VICTOR Snrrz.

